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Netherlands Partly Liable for Srebrenica Massacre, Court Rules

Dutch Government Can Be Blamed for 300 Deaths, Says Court in The Hague

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Maarten van Tartwijk

July 16, 2014 8:30 a.m. ET

AMSTERDAM—A Dutch court said on Wednesday that the Netherlands was partly liable for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II, potentially opening a path to compensation claims for relatives.

The court in The Hague ruled that the Netherlands can be blamed for the deaths of more than 300 men, but that it can't be held responsible for all of the victims of the massacre.